Stockholm Syndrome | The Journal of Montreal

Stockholm Syndrome refers to the tendency of hostages to share their prisoner life for a long time and to sympathize with them and accept their point of view.

The phrase came to mind when I read that Federal Environment Minister Steven Gilbold is attending events marking the 50th anniversary in Sweden.^e Anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.

The conference, held in Stockholm in 1972, represented the world’s first attempt at tackling environmental problems and marked the beginning of a new era.

Steven Gilbelt’s decision to endorse the largest Bay to Nord oil project on the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts contradicts the record of his intellectual activity and undermines Canada’s credibility in terms of the fight against sustainable development and climate change.

A matter of choice

The question arises: does Steven Gilbold have a choice? The answer is no, if his priority is to please the prisoners.

In the field of regulatory theory, we will talk Regulatory capture. This phrase describes the situation where the person (or organization) who is supposed to protect us spends too much time with those he has to control, and he begins to think like them.

Last of class

In Canada, we emit more greenhouse gases (GHGs) per person than any other country in the world.

Canada was the first country to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. Liberals may criticize the Conservatives, but their record is very poor.

The Liberals never had any plans to meet with Kyoto, and later agreed that signing was a sign of political contact in the country.

We have had the worst record of the G7 countries since the signing of the Paris Agreement. On his return from Paris, Trudeau … accepted Stephen Harper’s plan (even that … he did not respect it at all).

United Nations Attorney

In the same week that the United Nations called on the world community to abandon all new fossil fuel extraction projects, Guilbeault did two things: he put forward a major plan to reduce GHGs and approved a major new plan to extract fossil fuels.

Gilfield rightly argues that his plan is ambitious. The problem is, sooner or later the government will change. The project, which had been going on for more than thirty years, would then most likely be a dead letter.

The catastrophe is that the fresh oil will continue to burn.

“ Pinocchio Syndrome ⁇

When Steven Gilbelt announced that he would be the Liberal candidate, I attended the event. Justin Trudeau knew he had scored a good shot. That was before the 2019 election.

Guildfield’s supporters have hinted that he will be environment minister. Unfortunately, Trudeau revolved around him as traditional minister for two years. After the 2021 election, Steven Gilbelt was finally appointed Minister of the Environment, and all hopes are allowed.

Unfortunately for him, along with Justin Trudeau, Steven Gilbelt not only had to be wary of Stockholm Syndrome, but also of “Pinocchio Syndrome”.